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Disney are shutting down their LucasArts games publishing subsidiary, according to a Game Informer report. A LucasArts representative informed the website: “After evaluating our position in the games market, we’ve decided to shift LucasArts from...

Things are pretty tumultuous right now at Square Enix. As previously reported, company President Yoichi Wada stepped down following "extraordinary losses," and Yosuke Matsuda is set to take his place in June.

The hail of new anime announcements here at Crunchyroll continues with the addition of Hayate the Combat Butler! Cuties to the spring line up. This, the latest entry in the Hayate The Combat Butler series, is set to broadcast every Monday starti...

Tokusatsu director Takao Nagaishi passed away last March 31 as his body succumbed to progressive supranuclear palsy. He is best known for directing a lot of Kamen Rider and Super Sentai episodes. Most of the Super Sentai episodes he directed are: ...

XSEED to release game in N. America on April 16 Entertainment news website IGN began streaming an extended trailer on Wednesday for XSEED Games' upcoming release of Ganbarion's Pandora's Tower role-playing game for the Nintendo Wii.

To celebrate 15 years in the industry, Ayumi Hamasaki is set to appear on Bistro SMAP, the popular corner of SMAPxSMAP. . . Starring, SMAP. The airing date coincides exactly on the day of her debut: April 8th and will be the her first appearance o...

Localization outfit 8-4, who worked on Fire Emblem: Awakening, had a chance to speak with some of the game’s developers at Intelligent Systems. One of the questions they asked them was why the characters in Awakening have no feet on their 3D models.

As expected by many, the recent Dragon Ball Z film, “Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods” debuts at the top of the Japan Box Office Weekend, earning 683,925,000 yen from 561,098 tickets sold on its first weekend!

Fans of madcap supernatural comedy, rejoice! Crunchyroll’s latest spring 2013 anime announcement is Nyarko-san: Another Crawling Chaos W! Based on the stories written by Manta Aisora, and inspired by H.

Sakai Masato & Kanno Miho register their marriage by simplymissj on April 3, 2013 at 11:20 am Actor Sakai Masato (39) and actress Kanno Miho (35) registered their marriage on April 2, which was an auspicious day according to the Buddhist calendar.

Seinen magazine Champion Red Ichigo has posted a preview for the anime OVA adaptation of hentai artist Yoshiharu Mikita's (aka Plastic Dreamer) more mainstream harem comedy Rescue Me! , set to be released with volume 3 on June 20th.

The media distribution service Crunchyroll announced on Wednesday that it will stream the Devil Survivor 2 The Animation series. The site will stream the series on Thursdays starting on April 4 at 2:05 p.

The BS11 television channel aired a commercial on Wednesday for Hyakka Ryōran Samurai Bride, the second season of Hyakka Ryōran Samurai Girls. The commercial features Miyuki Hashimoto's opening theme song "AI DO.

This is a direct continuation from Part 1 of 3, you can click the link below if you want to read the previous part; http://www. shewsbury. com/2013/04/takara-tomy-ch01-optimus-prime-g1-movie. html Moving on, we will now focus on the trailer.

XSEED to bring PS3/Xbox 360 title to N. America this summer North American video game publisher XSEED Games and Japanese publisher Kadokawa Games began streaming the latest trailers for its upcoming release of Grasshopper Manufacture's Killer is D...

In a video uploaded to YouTube yesterday, a young Japanese girl gives a harrowing speech on the streets of Tsuruhashi, Osaka, in which she openly expresses her hatred of Koreans. Amid cheers of support from members of her own group, the girl goes ...

Shinji Aramaki—director of the Appleseed and Appleseed Ex Machina CG films and more—helms the upcoming CG film take on Leiji Matsumoto's Captain Harlock, and a new Japanese teaser debuted in theaters with a quick peek at the sci-fi bravado to come.

Versailles members create new band, ‘Jupiter’ by ustar on April 2, 2013 at 3:40 pm Versailles members HIZAKI (G), TERU (G), MASASHI (B), and YUKI (Dr) have welcomed a new vocalist ZIN to the ranks and they’ve created a new band called Jupiter.

KAT-TUN's New Single To Be Released in May single-release posted by amiueno 33 minutes ago · 0 comments KAT-TUN will be releasing their newest single "FACE to Face" next month in time with the premiere of the film Ore Ore which stars member, K...

While it seemed inevitable, Atlus officially confirmed plans to bring Shin Megami Tensei IV to North America this summer. The Nintendo 3DS entry in the series serves as the "first true successor" to 2004's Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne, and will be...

The official Kamen Rider Battride War blog confirmed that Kousei Amano will reprise his role as Kamen Rider Garren in the Kamen Rider Battride War PS3 game! Amano previously played Sakuya Tachibana aka Kamen Rider Garren in the Kamen Rider Blade T...

Spring is in the air. Cherry blossoms are blooming. The famous ones in Washington DC are supposed to peak this week. So, in honor of the season, the anime fans at Biglobe decided to put their heads together to pick their favorite anime/manga/visua...

Australia's Gold Coast Film Festival (GCFF) announced on Tuesday that it will screen the world premiere of the anime film The Garden of Words, and that creator Makoto Shinkai would host the premiere in person.

Illustration reiterates promise of "Fairy Tail 4ever"Following last weekend's conclusion of the Fairy Tail anime TV series run with the words "To be continued! ", and the manga author's previous promises that we haven't seen the last of the series...

Sony also previews different heads that change the world & unlock bonus stages Sony revealed further details on the upcoming PlayStation 3 game Puppeteer through a new trailer on Tuesday. The action title follows a young boy named Kūtarō who was c...

The full trailer for the upcoming Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Boku-tachi wa Mada Shiranai (Anohana) movie is now available for viewing. The movie will hit theaters this August 31. Do check out the official website for more videos.

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